A Totally Serious (and Not At All Made-Up) History of Civilization
By Daniel Miles
Length24m
About this audiobook
Ah, civilization. That wondrous period when humans figured out two things: (1) fire is amazing and (2) neighbors are terrible.
Our story begins roughly 10,000 years ago or as modern humans might say, “before Wi-Fi.” The earliest civilizations popped up like mushrooms after a cosmic rainstorm: Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, and a few others that mostly argued about who had better pottery.
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Rating★★★★ 4.0 (1)
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 22, 2025
LanguageEnglish
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